“Clapping Is a First Amendment Right:” An Interview With the Person Arrested for Clapping at a Data Center Meeting
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"I have a right to speak. I'm here to speak. I have a right to clap, and if you want me out, you're going to have to drag me out."

Last Wednesday, Lux Claridge planned to speak out against a proposed 1,000 acre data center in their town of Emporia, Kansas. They left in handcuffs after a city commissioner ordered them arrested for clapping.

  • sepi@piefed.socialEnglish
    145·
    2 months ago

    You like the boot, but the rest of us don’t. Learn to read rooms.

    • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      95·
      2 months ago

      They crave authoritarian violence. The dog whistle is their belief that they’ll be the ones doing the oppression next time, if they lick the boot passionately enough